“We are excited about the 2012 discoveries from both young and
established investigators in the field that move us closer to our vision
of ‘bringing the joy of living to those affected by mental illness,’” says
Benita Shobe, Foundation President & CEO.

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Chiara Nosarti, Ph.D., of
King’s College London and colleagues at Karolinska Institutet,
Sweden, demonstrate that premature
birth heightens risk for mental illnesses such as bipolar
disorder, depression and schizophrenia.

New
Technologies—to advance or create new ways of studying and
understanding the brain:

7.

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Dr. Paola Dazzan and colleagues
at King’s College London develop a new
technology that can predict the future course of illness after
a first psychotic episode. Until now, the inability to predict a
patient’s future illness has made it difficult to know what
treatment to prescribe.

The Brain
& Behavior Research Foundation has been awarding NARSAD
Grants for 25
years. The Foundation has invested close to $300 million in NARSAD
Grants to more than 3,300 scientists worldwide since 1987, leading to
thousands of scientific achievements to improve the lives of those with
mental illness.